Monomaniacal

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On this week’s episode of Informed Dissent, we discuss this week's big news and a few of them share how we fell down the gender rabbit hole. Also:

• Dark skies for our friend Jesse Singal on Bluesky.

• The UK’s makes its ban on puberty blockers “indefinite.”

• How pediatric gender medicine began.

• The House passes a defense bill that bars the military’s healthcare plan, TRICARE, from covering blockers, hormones, and surgeries for minors.

Listen/watch here:

How We Became Monomaniacs

Show notes:

• Jesse Singal responds to the petition to have his head.

• NY Times article about the UK’s blocker ban.

• The Times UK article about the ban.

• “The Dutch Protocol for Juvenile Transsexuals: Origins and Evidence,” by Michael Biggs

• Puberty blocker trials

• Jamie’s whistleblowing account for The Free Press/

• Lisa’s latest piece for Broadview: “Don’t Let Gender-Affirming Care Be the New Abortion/”

• NY Times article about the House defense bill.

• Cori’s 2020 article for Quilette: “For 30 Years, I've Tried to Become a Woman. Here’s What I Learned Along the Way.” Cori’s piece in The Washington Post.

• Cori on Gender: A Wider Lens podcast

• Ask a Jew podcast. Have a party!

• Ben’s favorite pot roast recipe.

• Tell us which podcast name you prefer—Informed Dissent or Gender Home Companion?